By Admin 
It was believed that Vaibhav Suryavanshi would get a place in the playing 11 in the first match of the T20 series against Ireland. But the coach and captain backed the players who were already performing. After India’s crushing defeat in the first match, it was clear that there would be changes in the playing 11, hope was raised that Vaibhav could be promoted. In the second match, two Indian players made their debut, but the surprising thing was that Vaibhav was not there whereas he was the most crazed in the entire series. After this, big questions have been raised on Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. Everyone is asking the same question, who is standing in the way of glory?
Why is the demand for Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s debut rising?
When Vaibhav Suryavanshi was bought by Rajasthan Royals last year, he was only 13 years old. Is age right or wrong? There was a lot of uproar regarding this and he remained in the news only because of this, but when he played for RR, he went on breaking big records with every match. In his very first edition, he created history by scoring a century in 35 balls, becoming the second fastest batsman to score a century in IPL. After this, he continued his amazing performance for the Domestic, India A, Under-19 team.
T20 is a format where batsmen are allowed to hit with the first ball. Vaibhav plays like this, but what makes him different is that he is consistently performing well. He was the highest run-scorer in IPL 2026 and won many awards with the Orange Cap. There was also an award for hitting the most sixes in a season, he had created history by hitting 72 sixes. Another thing that people liked about him this season is that he can not only attack but can also play by waiting as per the situation.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted brilliantly in both the playoff matches, but missed a century in both. Played quick innings of 97 runs in Eliminator and 96 runs in Qualifier-2. After this he went on a tour of Sri Lanka with India A, where he played a historic inning of 94 runs in 29 balls in the final of the tri-series played in ODI format. In this he scored a half-century in 11 balls. How influential Vaibhav is can be gauged from the fact that former England captain Michael Vaughan has called him the best T20 player at present.
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These 5 questions raised on Gautam Gambhir
1. Why were you not given a place even if the top order flopped? The biggest question is that when you saw that your top order batsman flopped in the first match, then why Vaibhav was not given a chance in the second match. Because this is the demand from the veterans as well as the people, even if you lose by feeding them, you do not have to face criticism.
2. Famous and dropped to Washington? If you want to give continuous opportunities to your old players, then why were Prasidh Krishna and Washington Sundar dropped. Because in the first match we did not lose the match only because of their mistake.
3. Two players get a chance, yet why not Vaibhav Suryavanshi? Regarding Vaibhav Suryavanshi, if you want that in the first series he should only be allowed to adjust with the team and should not be fielded, then this applies to Suryansh Shedge as well. This was also his first series with the national team.
4. Couldn’t Vaibhav Suryavanshi have debuted instead of Suryansh? Suryansh Shedge is a right-handed batsman, whom you played in place of Washington Sundar. His only plus point was that he could bowl, but we saw that he proved expensive in his 2 overs. If we look at it, even in the first match the target was not very big, the defeat was because of the batsmen. If you wanted to remove Washington and bring in someone else then why couldn’t it be Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
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5. Can Vaibhav Suryavanshi only open? A big question arising is whether Vaibhav Suryavanshi can only open? If you do not want to change the openers in the team, then can’t Gautam Gambhir prepare Vaibhav for number-3? Right now Vaibhav is performing brilliantly, Team India needs him so he should be fielded soon.